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Born in the Netherlands in 1853, Van Gogh led a simple life in a small town until the age of 16. He then left school and joined a firm of art dealers in the large city of The Hague. He eventually realised that dealing with others' artwork was not his profession. His true love was to become an artist himself. 

He devoted much of his time to learning the fundamentals of drawing. Van Gogh believed that to become a great painter, one must first master the ability to draw. It was only after he was comfortable in this area that he began to use oil paints. That is when he developed a style and talent for colour that made him one of the most respected artists of all time. 

Van Gogh's paintings are amazing representations of his view of the world. The colours jump off the canvas（画布），not only because of their brightness but also because of the brush strokes（笔触）. Van Gogh avoided light， feathery strokes， which would portray（描写）typical subjects. Instead，he used his brush and oils to make layers that built the painting until it was almost three-dimensional. 

Perhaps one of the most memorable examples of Van Gogh's use of colour and brush style is his painting TheStarry Night.The sky swirls（打旋）across the canvas, while the stars shine with unearthly brightness. Each brushstroke creates the image of movement. The Starry Night shows Van Gogh's great ability to create a powerful image with simple subjects. 

Van Gogh spent only the last ten years of his life painting. He is believed to have sold only one of the 900 paintings he created during those years. Yet today Van Gogh is considered one of the greatest artists of all time. His influence is evident; many painters mimic his style and use of colour. His artwork can be found in museums all over the world and is valued in millions of dollars, an evidence for Vincent Van Gogh's talent. 

Weight loss doesn't happen just by turning down dessert. Here, three women share the biggest motivators in their weight-loss journeys and the simple changes they made to actually achieve their health goals. 

Alyssa Greene

The stress of starting college and continuous late nights caused Alyssa Greene to develop an unhealthy relationship with her body. Though she exercised, she didn't pay much attention to her diet and her overall health until she realized a change had to be made. Over the next 2. 5 years, she self-educated about nutrition and learnt what and how much to eat to get the results she wanted. 

Today, Greene has lost 50 pounds and relies on self-discipline as her key motivator. " I do what I want for me, no one else," she says. " For people who have a hard time making a lifestyle change because of family or friends or a significant other, it really boils down to discipline. " 

Tanisha Commodore

For years, Tanisha Commodore left no stone unturned when it came to weight loss strategies. After trying countless workout programmes and weight-loss diets, the desperate influencer began entertaining the idea of going to Mexico for weight-loss surgery when her friend happened to recommend a special diet. Over eight months, Commodore lost 80 pounds. " You didn't put it on overnight, so don't expect to lose it overnight," she notes. 

Denita Elizabeth

At one point, Denita Elizabeth weighed over 250 pounds and couldn't remember what it felt like to be healthy. Having made up her mind to make a change, Elizabeth signed up for a SoulCycle membership. Today she's lost 100 pounds. " Not only had my strength increased, but my whole body composition changed," says Elizabeth. " Remember: you need to develop discipline and commitment for the moments when you don't feel like it. " 

It took place in a teacher's family. One day, Ben was playing basketball in the living room after school when he accidentally threw the ball at a vase sitting on the shelf. The vase dropped to the floor and a large piece broke off. What made Ben more upset was that the vase was not a common decoration but an antique, which was handed down through generations from the 18th century. It was also his mother's favourite possession. To cover his terrible action, the terrified boy glued the pieces together hastily and put the vase back to its place.

As the mother herself dusted the vase every day, she naturally noticed the cracks(裂纹)that evening. To her surprise, the repair work was actually very good. At dinner time, she asked her boy if he had broken the vase. Fearing punishment, the suddenly inspired boy said that a neighbour's cat jumped in from the window and he couldn't drive it away no matter how hard he tried. It raced around the living room and finally her son was lying, for all the windows were closed before she left for work each morning and opened after she returned. However, in the face of her son's nervous eyes and the suspicious looks of the other family members, Ben's mother remained calm. She realised she shouldn't just simply blame and punish her son for lying. She came up with another idea.

Before going to bed, the boy found a note from his mother in his room, asking him to go to the study at once. The boy thought he would now be punished but, as he had already lied, he was determined to deny everything to the end, no matter how angry his mum became. 

In the study, calmly bathed in the light, his mother's face showed no sign of anger. On seeing her son push open the door and cautiously enter, she took a box of chocolates out of a drawer and gave him one.

The mother said, "This chocolate is a reward for your imagination: a window-opening cat!"

Now with some chocolates in his hand, the boy's bad attitude disappeared.

1. 写信目的；

2. 社团活动；

3. 期待加入。

注意：

1. 词数80左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

The Amazon rainforest is home to a great (various) of plant life; however, its soil is (surprise) poor in nutrients. In fact, the soil in the region cannot support agriculture for more than a few years. If a scientist is shown a report (list) the nutrients of that soil, he or she will probably think that only desert plants can survive in it! Then why is the soil so poor in nutrients? For one thing, the rainy season has impact on the soil. In this season, the water level can rise to more than 12 meters.the water goes away, it takes away the nutrients in the soil. For another thing, due to the Amazon's hot climate, it is difficult for the soil (build) enough nutrients. Dead plants and animals (break) down more quickly. The nutrients are soon takenby the roots of the plants deep beneath the ground. As a result, most of the forest's nutrients are locked up in the plants (them) , thus allowing them to grow at a(n) (believe) speed.

My grandmother died when my mother was 11, so my mother never learned how to cook particularly well. Cooking skills aside, she's a (n)1 nurturer (养育者) . Two years ago, she flew to care for me while I2 from an operation. At my apartment, I handed her a grocery list of comfort foods, which included Campbell's Chicken Noodle Soup.

"I should make you some chicken noodle soup3 ," she said.

"Mom, you have never made me chicken noodle soup in your life-except from a can (罐头). You did many4 things for me, but there was no chicken noodle soup."

"Well, now I'm going to make you some soup," said my mother.

Then 5 my friend Kate, an amazing chef. I wrote that my mom was making some chicken noodle soup and asked her to send us a 6 .

Three hours and a dozen e-mails with Kate later, my mother had 7 made the chicken soup. It looked good. It was definitely chicken soup made with 8 .

All we needed was the noodles.

I watched as my mother9 an entire bag of noodles into the soup when I got the e-mail from Kate. "Noodles, I forgot to say how many. It should be like …a cup."

We watched in 10 as the noodles soaked up (浸泡,吸收) all the soup . We tried to add more water, but it was too late. We stood in the kitchen, hurriedly spooning the 11 soup into our bowls.

"It's my fault!" said my mother,12 .

But let me tell you, that one bowl of chicken noodle soup was13 . We did not think about the soup-soaked noodles while we ate, nor did we think about the14 of life. I was my mother's best dinner15 , and she was my favorite chef.

Time is precious for students especially during finals. Having good skills of time management becomes so important. But how can you manage your time?

Get some sleep.

When things get rough, sleep often gets cut out of your schedule. The lab report has to be done by tomorrow morning, so... no sleep tonight, right? Wrong. Your brain will run slower, and you'll be super tired all the time. So even if it sounds strange, spare time to get quality sleep.

Prioritize (划分优先顺序) often.

Keep a running list of the major tasks that you're performing. Change it as often as necessary and refer to it when you feel worried about all the things you have to do. You can't do so many all at once.

Although you might try hard to plan every, detail of your routine, sometimes things just happen. You might get sick or your roommate loses your keys. Set aside as much time as you can each day for emergencies. That way, you needn't deal with the unexpected in a rush.

Schedule time to relax.

Finals can be surprisingly stressful, and you may not realize how much harm they do to you until they're over. Workload can sometimes be unbearable. Schedule some free time to make you mentally recharged.

Ask for help when you need it.

Asking for help is pretty normal during leaning. It's rare to find a student who can make it through school life without any help. There are lots of places that can give you a hand at the end of a term.

A. Get on well with roommates.

B. Leave extra time, just in case.

C. Thus, don't hesitate to seek help when necessary.

D. Feeling worried may help you accomplish nothing.

E. If you feel depressed, focus on the one at the top of the list.

F. Let your brain take a break so it can go back to work efficiently.

G. Not getting enough sleep can actually cost you more time in the long run.

Yellow flower carpeted fields are a sure sign of summer. In Denmark alone, more than 200,000 hectares of rapeseed (油菜籽) are planted every year. But until now, the plant has only been used for oil and animal feed, as it is both bitter and unsafe as a direct food source for humans.

 To protect themselves, the rapeseed plants produce a group of substances (物质) called glucosinolates(硫苷), which give the plants a strong and bitter taste that scares off insects and disease. As a result rapeseed is unhealthy to eat and the rapeseed cake, which is the remains of the seeds after the oil has been squeezed out, has only been used in limited quantities as feed for pigs and chickens, despite its 30—40 per cent protein content.

 Now, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered the three proteins that help to store the bitter substances in seeds of thale cress (阿拉伯芥), a plant closely related to the rapeseed. The new discovery makes it possible to prevent the accumulation (积聚) of these substances in the seed by removing the proteins through "transport engineering" technology. In doing so, the defensive substances remain in all other parts of the plant, allowing it to continue to defend itself.

 So far, the researchers have shown that their method works in thale cress. "The next task is to apply our method to the closely related rapeseed plant, which we are now working on," says Professor Halkier, leader of the research.

 "Half of plant proteins in the EU come from rapeseed plants. The climate crisis demands that we reduce meat consumption and eat more plants, which is where rapeseed has great potential as a new source of plant protein. Our latest research results bring us a step closer to making full use of rapeseed," says Professor Halkier.

It's a typical day at school. You're playing soccer with your friends. One of them kicks you the ball and you run for it. You trip. You fly through the air. You land—hard, right on your face! The next moment, you're in the nurse's office. Your bleeding nose is being checked by laser sensors (激光传感器) that coming out of a...robot? Has the nurse's office been taken over by sci-fi aliens (外星人) from outer space?

No. You've just been pushed forward 15 years into the future. And it's a future that Susan Epstein, a computer science professor who teaches artificial intelligence, is really excited to think about. "I am crazy about this kind of thing! You could go up to the robot, put your nose in, and the machine would decide whether you needed to be treated, and how."

Aside from being cool, an AI nurse has other advantages. It doesn't need to take vacations. It doesn't need to get paid a salary. And it might figure out what's wrong with your nose faster than a human would. There are all kinds of ways that AI could be used to help make us healthier and researchers are studying how to use AI to diagnose (诊断) lung disease, cancer, and more.

Our robot nurse isn't meant to completely take the place of humans, though. "It would work with real, live nurses and doctors," says Epstein, "there are things humans are good at, like building trust among members of our own species or comforting someone who's hurt or sick. A big part of medicine is the relationship between a doctor and a patient."

Epstein points out that AI programs will never be perfect—no matter how much we might want them to be. But if AI can diagnose a deadly disease more precisely even 10 percent of the time, think of how many lives it could save. "Besides", says Epstein, "I think there are probably patients who might prefer to have a machine for a doctor!" Would you?

Every day as the sun rises, Ma Hongyi, a 66-year-old farmer, can be seen patrolling (巡逻) Yuncheng Salt Lake with his dog in Yuncheng city, North China's Shanxi province.

Ma still remembers the day when he first saw two big pink birds wandering through the water. "I had never seen such pretty birds. They were even taller than me, with long wings," Ma recalls. He was later informed that birds were flamingos, a rare sight in China, which were listed on the International Union for Protection of Nature's red list of endangered species in 2013. From that day on, Ma started his second career as a volunteer to prevent human beings frominterfering with the wildlife. "The birds are attracted by the good environment," Ma says. "I will do my best to protect the lake so that birds can come here every year."

Yuncheng Salt Lake covers an area of 132 square kilometers and used to serve as a salt production base. As the country began attaching greater importance to environmental protection, an ecological (生态的) protection and development center was set up in 2012 to carry out regular ecological protection and restoration (修复) of the lake. "The greatest value of the Salt Lake lies in its ecology, which should be properly restored and protected," says Chu Xianghao, mayor of the city. The lake area hosts 292 types of wild animals, along with 782 plant varieties, some of which are newly recorded species in the country.

After patrolling the lake as volunteer for over four years, Ma was employed by the local government to help with wildlife protection in 2019. "The lake's ecology is getting better," Ma says, adding that he looks forward to the arrival of the flamingos every year. "Some of them are my old friends", he says.

Diary: Four must-visit design events of 2023

Get ready for an exciting year of design events in 2023! The events below are sure to inspire design enthusiasts.

Fuorisalone

Milan, Italy

Celebrating its 20th anniversary (纪念日) this year, the design festival makes a comeback with events across Milan's many creative towns. It will host events that push the limits of design -from city planning to multi-sensory (多感官的) architecture and more. This year, the fair will focus on its Future Lab theme, which reflects on how we imagine our future.

Venice Biennale of Architecture

Venice, Italy

Organized by Lesley Lokko, the 18th international Architecture Exhibition will open in May. Its subject, The Laboratory of the Future, explores the African continent as a leader of the future. As a workshop and laboratory, it invites architects to draw out examples from their modern-day practices and imagine what the future can hold.

London Design Festival

London, UK

Promoting London as a leading creative capital of the world, London Design Festival continues to play a key role in positioning the city as a global destination for culture. Having celebrated its 20th anniversary last year with transformative workshops, networking events and contemporary (当代的) design, all eyes are on the show to see what's next.

Southern Sweden Design Days

Malmö, Sweden

Arranged by Design Center, the main spot for architecture and design in southern Sweden, Southern Sweden Design Days is a new player on the scene. Held yearly, it builds a platform that exhibits a full range of design disciplines (学科) through exhibitions, workshops and events.

注意：
1.字数 100 词左右；
2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mike,

……

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

Aesha Ash spent most of her life ballet (芭蕾舞) dancing and even turned it into a career as a member of the New York City Ballet. As much as she loved to dance, she found the weight of her responsibility heavy because she was often the only African American ballerina (芭蕾舞女演员) in her classes and company.

After retiring (退休) from ballet in 2007, Aesha enjoyed the quiet life for more than ten years before she decided to come back to ballet, but in a completely new way. She started The Swan Dreams Project that helps kids in poor areas get into the world of ballet.

Aesha set up a one-week camp that invited kids to not only learn the basics of ballet, but also get an introduction to French (since she says it is "the language of ballet").

Her first camp was in 2018 in a poor neighborhood in New York. When she arrived she was greeted by dozens of students, most of whom were African Americans. She wanted to help kids who otherwise might not have ever had the chance to live in the world of ballet.

On the final day of camp, after a week of learning, the students put on a final performance for their family and friends. Before the performance, Aesha said she was nervous that it would be less of a performance and more of a mess, since the campers were all between 8 and 11 years old. Much to her surprise, it turned out to be perfect. She said, "When we went out to our first circle and the kids began counting in French and performing the steps they had just learned, my heart melted."

Aesha continues to do whatever she can to help kids learn ballet. She found a way to turn that seemingly unbearable weight she once carried around into something good for kids, as well as for the world of ballet.

Q1：When did Aesha decide to start The Swan Dreams Project? 

Q2: Why was Aesha surprised on the final day of her first camp? 

Q3: What kind of person is Aesha? Please explain or give an example. 

The traditional Chinese calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Jingzhe (惊蛰), or Awakening of Insects,  (fall) on March 5 and ends on March 20 this year.

The solar term signals a rise in temperature and increased rainfall,  (mark) the third solar term in the solar year. Its name alludes to (暗指) the awakening of animals  (sleep) in winter and everything beginning to come back  life.

Jingzhe is an extremely important time for farmers and (see) as the beginning of the busiest time for agricultural work. Old Chinese  (say) such as "once Jingzhe comes, spring plowing (春耕) never rests" reveal the importance of this term to farmers. During this period, most parts of China experience a rapid increase in temperatures and a marked increase in sunshine,  provide the ideal conditions for farming activities.

Eating pears around Awakening of Insects is  widely practiced custom in China. One theory behind the practice is that as the Chinese word for "pear" sounds the same as the character meaning "to leave", consuming pears during this solar term showed people's wish to drive away pests from crops so that there would be a good harvest throughout the year.  (additional), according to theories of traditional Chinese medicine, the sweet, juicy and cold fruit can be good for the lungs  (prevent) coughs as the weather warms up and the air becomes dry.